The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (A Little Ghost Quilt Book)
The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (A Little Ghost Quilt Book)
by Riel Nason, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
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About the Book
When you’re a quilt instead of a sheet, being a ghost is hard! A contemporary picture book classic, now available in a stunning special gilded edition — a perfect gift for the little ghost lovers in your life.
Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt can’t whirl or twirl at all, and when he flies, he gets very hot.
He doesn’t know why he’s a quilt. His parents are both sheets, and so are all of his friends. (His great-grandmother was a lace curtain, but that doesn’t really help cheer him up.) He feels sad and left out when his friends are zooming around and he can’t keep up.
But one Halloween, everything changes. The little ghost who was a quilt has an experience that no other ghost could have, an experience that only happens because he’s a quilt . . . and he realizes that it’s OK to be different.
This special gift edition is unjacketed, with a newly designed cloth-like spine, a foil-stamped cover and beautiful gilded edges.
About the Author
Riel Nason is a Canadian author and quilter. She writes for both adults and children. Her acclaimed debut novel, The Town That Drowned, won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. The bestselling The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler, was her debut picture book followed by The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise. Riel’s original quilts are known for their humor, whimsy and bold use of
color. She lives in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, with her family.
Byron Eggenschwiler is the illustrator of several books, including The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt and The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise by Riel Nason, Operatic by Kyo Maclear, Coyote Tales by Thomas King and The Strangest Thing in the Sea by Rachel Poliquin. Byron has also done illustrations for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and others. He shares a home with his wife in Calgary, Alberta.
Editorial Reviews
“[A] pleasant, slightly eerie world where the ghosts’ cobwebbed haunted house and a contemporary neighborhood fit comfortably together.” —Publishers Weekly
“[A] sly twist on the transformative power of Halloween.” —Quill & Quire